“I don’t think Dricus is that good, I think Izzy beats Dricus, (but) I understand Dricus,” Strickland said. “Dricus, I understand you, Dricus. It is very natural to just fight, and I just fought like a week before you, and then be like, ‘Hey, you want to fly across the world to fight a guy on seven weeks notice?.’ It is very natural to say, ‘I might not want to do that.’
“But I’m a fkcing man, and I’m not a fcking pssy. If you pay, I have a price. You pay me money, and I’ll fcking fight him right here. So you know, unlike Dricus, who’s a smarter man, the true African that he is, I am not. You f*cking pay me, and I’ll fight right here.”
True but in that scenario I could also see Izzy having to get a win first. He’d only be 1-2 in his last 3 so it’s possible.
Then after those three fight it out, some new blood (Khamzat, Borralho, Aliskerov, maybe Nickal) might be entering the title picture, making the division more interesting than it has been in a while.
Can’t fault the fact that DDP wants to be the best possible version of himself before taking on the Kiwi with titties who fought last in April and then November last year considering DDP fought two weeks ago, March and December last year.
In true UFC fashion, they will probably wait until the tickets have sold out before announcing that Izzy is off the card and Tai Tuivasa vs Volkov is being promoted to main event or some fuckery like that